Tape-selvage stop-motion stand



' J. A. SORRELL S.

TAPE SELVAGE STOP MOTION STAND. APPLICATION FILED JAN-10, 1922.

1 ,416, 1 33 Patented May 16, 1922,

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J. A. SORRELLS.

TAPE SELVAGE STOP MOTION STAND.

APPLICATION FILED mm. 10. 1922.

1,416,133. Patented. Maylfi, 1922.

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JAMES ALEXANDER SORRELLS, OF GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.

TAPE SELVAG-E STOP-MOTION STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1922.

Application filed January 10, 1922. Serial No. 528,196.

has included so much mechanism and has been so complicated, as to beimpractical, or at least undesirable, and the principal object of thisinvention is to simplify devices of the kind above alluded to.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a device constructedin accordance with the invention, mounted on a loom; Figure 2 is a topplan; Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-;-3 of Figure 1; Figure 4c isa section on the line 4 4 of Figure 1; and Figure 5 is a perspectiveview showing a portion of the stand.

The numeral 1 marks a loom girt, and on the loom girt is mounted thestand 2 forming the subject matter of this application, thestand'comprising a pedestal 3 having a slot 4 in its lower end, the slotdefinin arms 5 between which the loom girt 1 is located. At its upperend, the pedestal has a head 8, a seat 9 being formed in the upper edgeof the head 8 transversely thereof. The arms 5 have enlargements 6,accommodating a securing element 7, such as a screw. whereby thepedestal 3 may be held on the loom gift 1.. Securing members 10 whichmay be screws are mounted in one end of the head 8 of the pedestal 3 andextend across the seat 9. The stand includes a bracket, de-

noted generally by the numeral 11, and comprising a shank 12 and an arm1% disposed at right angles thereto, the shank 12 being secured to thearm 14-, as indicated at 15 intermediate the ends of the arm, the armterminating in oppositely inclined fingers 1G and 17. The "free end ofthe shank 12 is received in the seat 9 of the head 8 and has openings 18adapted to receive the securing members 10. The drop wires 19, of whichthere may be any desired number are carried by the shank 12.

The device forming the subject matter of i this application is simple inconstruction and will be found well adapted for the purposes set torthin the opening portion of this specification.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A device ofthe class described, comprising a pedestal, and a bracket including ashank and ahead disposed transversely oi"; the shank, the shank beingassembled with the pedestal and constituting a drop wire carrier.

2. In a device of the class described, a stand comprising a pedestalhaving a seat, the pedestal being bifurcated to form arms; and a bracketincluding a shank received in the seat, and a head on the shank anddisposed transversely thereof.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES ALEXANDER SGRRELLS.

iVitnesses R. G. McCoNNnLL, R. G. HARPER.

